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November 28, 2000
EARTHJUSTICE GOES TO COURT TO PREVENT COAL MINES FROM CAUSING DAMAGE TO HOMES AND PARKLANDS
Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund filed for judgment in a suit against the U.S. Department of Interior, charging that Interior's 1999 regulation that allows coal companies to undermine homes and parklands is illegal.
November 22, 2000
U.S. FWS LISTING MORATORIUM THREATENS ENDANGERED WILDLIFE
The US Fish and Wildlife Service declared that it will forego listing any species under the Endangered Species Act as either threatened or endangered in 2001, unless it is ordered to do so by a court or in an emergency.
November 22, 2000
SETTLEMENT WITH EPA PROVIDES FOR STRONGER AIR POLLUTION PROGRAMS ACROSS THE U.S.
A settlement that will help strengthen air pollution permit regulations is a great step in the right direction.
November 20, 2000
COURT RULES FISHERIES SERVICE ILLEGALLY FAILING TO PROTECT MONK SEALS IN HAWAII; INJUNCTION ISSUED
Federal District Court Judge Samuel King has issued a ruling declaring that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is also illegally failing to protect the critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal from the impacts of two other local fisheries, the lobster fishery and the portion of the bottomfish fishery operating in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
November 15, 2000
Bay Area Misses 4th Clean Air Deadline
Groups file petition to urge EPA action and notice their intent to sue
November 14, 2000
Suit Seeks Protection for Threatened Snake and Frog in East Bay
Golf Course Development Called 'Sprawl' not Smart Growth
November 9, 2000
BLM Landfill Deal Rejected by Federal Appeals Court
A Federal Court of Appeals overturned a land swap in involving more than 1,700 acres of federal land that would have been used as the site of a controversial regional garbage dump in the Southern California desert.
November 7, 2000
Polluters Challenge Clean Air Standards in Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments concerning the heart of the Clean Air Act, which requires national air quality standards that protect the public health. At issue are 1997 national air quality standards for particles and ozone.
November 6, 2000
On the Passing of David Brower
Earthjustice on the passing of David Brower.
October 31, 2000
Judge: Feds Must Reconsider Steelhead as Threatened on California/Oregon Border
After five years of litigation a federal judge ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) decision not to list steelhead populations in northern California and southern Oregon illegal.
October 30, 2000
Suit Alleges Livestock Grazing in National Forest Violates Endangered Species Act
A coalition of 10 regional and local environmental, hunting and wildlife protection groups led by Forest Guardians and represented by Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund sued the Forest Service challenging livestock grazing on national forests in New Mexico and Arizona.
October 23, 2000
Conservationists Take Action to Protect the Westslope Cutthroat Trout
Five conservation groups and fly-fishing legend Bud Lilly are taking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to court over its refusal to list the westslope cutthroat trout as a threatened species.
October 19, 2000
Anti-Environmental Rider Attempts to Undermine Court Order Protecting Endangered Steller Sea Lions
A major anti-environmental rider is being proposed that would prevent endangered Steller sea lions from receiving the protection of two of our Nation's basic federal environmental laws.
October 13, 2000
Congressional Action Will Clean up Radioactive Mill Tailings on Colorado River
The U.S. Congress approved legislation that would provide groundwater restoration and make way for the removal of some 13 million tons of radioactive mill tailings that have poisoned the Colorado River near here for nearly 50 years.
October 11, 2000
Threat to Key Grizzly Bear Habitat Averted by Shoshone Oil and Gas Lease Withdrawal
The federal government has withdrawn three oil and gas leases in areas of prime grizzly bear habitat on the Shoshone National Forest in response to a lawsuit filed by conservationists.
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